Title Page
Release
Thesis Medal
List of Figures:
Introduction and Chapter I
Chapter II - A Survey Of Mountain Buildings
Chapter III - Program For The Design Proposal
Chapter IV - Site History - Building On Mount Hood
Chapters V through Epilogue
List of Maps, Plates, & Tables
List of Drawings
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I
MOUNTAIN ARCHITECTURE
Figure 1.0: Morano Calabria, 1930. Woodcut by M. C. Escher, 240mm x 322mm.
(Locher, ed. The World of M. C. Escher, p. 44)
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CHAPTER I - BUILDING IN THE MOUNTAINS
The Mountain Environment
Man's Place in the Mountains
The Physical Effects of the Mountain Environment On Buildings
The Characteristics of Snow
Snow Loading
Ice Damming
Roof Design
Environmental Controls
CHAPTER II - A SURVEY OF MOUNTAIN BUILDINGS
Indigenous Vernacular
European Alpine
Recreational and Tourist Facilities
The Adirondack Great Camps
Resort and Railroad Hotels
Canadian Railroad Hotels
Banff Springs Hotel
Chateau Lake Louise
Yellowstone National Park
Old Faithful Inn
The Canyon Hotel
Glacier National Park
Glacier Park Lodge
Lake McDonald Lodge
Many Glacier Hotel
Prince of Wales Hotel
Western Lodges and Park Hotels
Crater Lake Lodge
Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Baker Lodge
Yosemite National Park - The Ahwahnee
Contemporary Structures
PART II
ALTERNATIVE DESIGN PROPOSAL
FOR
THE WY'EAST DAY LODGE
Figure 3.0: The proposed Wy'East Day Lodge. (Author)
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CHAPTER III - PROGRAM FOR THE DESIGN PROPOSAL
Site Description
Program Goals and Objectives
Site Analysis
Users
Facilities Program for the Wy'East Day Lodge
CHAPTER IV - SITE HISTORY - BUILDING ON MOUNT HOOD
Early Hotel Schemes
Cloud Cap: The North Side Pre-eminent Site
Building Activity on Mount Hood's South Slopes:
Precursors to Timberline Lodge
Timberline Lodge: A Major Hotel Comes to Mount Hood
The Battle over the Design
Construction of the Lodge
Post Construction History
Other Structures on Mount Hood
Government Camp
The Summit Lookout
The Mount Hood Meadows Ski Area
CHAPTER V - APPROPRIATE MOUNTAIN ARCHITECTURE
Form
Scale
Symmetry
Structure and Function
Image
Color
Texture
Life
Optimism & Potential
CHAPTER VI - DESIGN PROPOSAL
Site Selection
The Village Metaphor
Two Paths
The Climber's Hut
The Wy'East Day Lodge
The Wy'East Day Lodge as Mountain Architecture
The Drawings
Notes on the Presentation
EPILOGUE - THE WY'EAST DAY LODGE AS BUILT
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX A: | | Excerpts from the Uniform Building Code |
APPENDIX B: | | Excerpts from the National building code of canada |
APPENDIX C: | | Excerpts from the Forest Service program for Wy'East |
APPENDIX D: | | Polyline names for "VISIT" program data |
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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General | | Links to other Timberline, Mt Hood, and mountain building photos and history |
Orion B. Dawson | | Additional information about the Timberline "Supervisor of Ironwork" |
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Master of Architecture Thesis
(M. Arch - University of Washington - 1986)
Extensive copying of this thesis is allowable only for scholarly purposes,
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Any other reproduction for any purpose or by any means
shall not be allowed without my written permission.
Copyright 1986 © Thomas P. Deering, Jr.
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